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West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo retires from international cricket

West Indies star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo confirmed that he will retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign. The 38-year-old has earlier announced his plan to retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign. He played his last T20I match […]

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Rashid Khan becomes the youngest bowler to take 400 T20 wickets

Afghanistan’s ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan further enhanced his burgeoning reputation in T20 cricket as he picked up his 400th wicket during his team’s T20 World Cup 2021 Super 12 encounter against New Zealand at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Dubai. Martin Guptill became Rashid’s 400th victim in T20 cricket. Rashid joined an elite list of cricketers

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Dronacharya Awardee Eminent Cricket Coach Tarak Sinha passes away

Eminent Cricket Coach and Dronacharya Awardee Tarak Sinha has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 71. Sinha was felicitated with the lifetime Dronacharya Award in 2018. He is known for training some of India’s finest cricketers like Manoj Prabhakar, Raman Lamba, Ajay Sharma, Atul Wassan, Surinder Khanna, Sanjiv Sharma, Aakash Chopra, Anjum Chopra, Rumeli Dhar,

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Rahul Dravid appointed head coach of Indian men’s cricket team till 2023 ODI World Cup

Former captain Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team by the BCCI. Recently, he applied for the job formally, after the BCCI invited applications, and his appointment was a foregone conclusion. The former right-handed batsman has been appointed for a period of two years till the 2023

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Australian Cricket legend, Alan Davidson, passes away at 92

The Australian cricket community is mourning the death of Test legend Alan Davidson, who passed away aged 92 morning surrounded by family. Davidson was the first player to achieve the feat of scoring 100 runs as well as take 10 wickets in a single Test match. The legendary left-arm swing bowler played 44 Tests for

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Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate announces retirement from international cricket

Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate on October 28, 2021, announced his retirement from international cricket after his side failed to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup. The 41-year-old has played in 33 ODIs and 24 T20s for the Netherlands.

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Australia’s James Pattinson retires from international cricket

Australia fast bowler James Pattinson has retired from international cricket after deciding he is not ready to push for Ashes selection. The 31-year-old, who has played 21 Tests and 15 ODIs, though will continue to play domestic cricket. “Leading into pre-season I really wanted to give the Ashes a crack,” Pattinson said. Pattinson claimed 81 Test wickets and

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Rahul Dravid appointed as Team India head coach

Rahul Dravid will be appointed as Team India’s Head Coach after the conclusion of the upcoming T20 World Cup. Ravi Shastri would be stepping down from the position after the conclusion of the showpiece event. whose tenure at the helm ends after the 2021 edition of the T20 World Cup in the UAE. The BCCI, following

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Chennai Super Kings wins 2021 IPL title

Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the final to win their fourth Indian Premier League title on 15, Oct 2021. This was the 14th edition of IPL which is an India-based Cricket league in 20-20 format. This was the 4th win of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL, having previously

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Rohit Sharma first to score 1,000 runs against one Franchise in IPL

Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma became the first batter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history to score 1000 runs against a single team during Mumbai Indians’ (MI) contest against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Rohit achieved the feat during his 33-run knock against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an IPL 2021 clash in Abu Dhabi. The knock took

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